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GUESS THE DEFINITION: Magnanerie (1887) a) Good will. B) The art of rearing silkworms. C) Duel to the death. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED

To talk turkey: To talk purposeful­ly about profitable matters; the origin is obscure but may derive from the gobble-gobble noise made by turkeys, resembling the chatter between two people talking money.

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